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Kosmo Gallion posted:When was the last time War Dogs and House of Torture interacted as a unit? Is David Finlay the leader of both factions or are they now completely separate? What's up with Fale, Chase, KENTA and Taiji - are they Bullet Club neutral zone? Do Ace Austin and Chris Bey ever turn up in NJPW? Honestly after evil v finlay was both bad and didn't draw very well in the g1 I think the office was like yeah nah nobody wants to watch this as a feud and soft split the stables. Hot merch doesn't have bc branding on it. Outside of njpw stables is just nj happy to take the licensing.
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quote:Somehow I doubt Zack Sabre Jr would ever leave or retire with all the blood of that steel cage match in Osaka.
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Chris James 2 posted:Zack's fantasy farewell Taichi drives up to Zack's apartment to pick him up for work... but Zack's not there! Taichi: 
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Geeze I wonder who's getting pinned here
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Kosmo Gallion posted:When was the last time War Dogs and House of Torture interacted as a unit? Is David Finlay the leader of both factions or are they now completely separate? What's up with Fale, Chase, KENTA and Taiji - are they Bullet Club neutral zone? Do Ace Austin and Chris Bey ever turn up in NJPW? Based on the Multiverse show from last autumn, the non-HOT guys are aligned closer together than with HOT - you had David Finlay, KENTA, and the ABC on one team without problems.
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Gabe Kidd's staying https://twitter.com/GabeKidd0115/status/1769458108429169049?s=20
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looking forward to him deposing Finlay as leader of the War Dogs
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That's a real good signing for both sides as Gabe is ready to be a top star for New Japan but probably would be lost in AEW's current line up and well...Fed is the fed
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Chris James 2 posted:Gabe Kidd's staying Finally some good news! Hope it was more than a one-year deal.
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Glad Gabe is sticking around, he's really loving good! Also for those who didn't watch the New Japan Cup the last couple days, Finlay is out of the tournament due to being hospitalized before his match with Goto. Apparently he was having very bad vision issues, which is pretty unsettling. Hope he is okay.
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Jerusalem posted:Glad Gabe is sticking around, he's really loving good! Wow, stealing Tetsuya Naito's gimmick
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I'd imagine it has to be real serious since it seemed like he was going to at least make the finals. Hope he feels better and it's not super serious
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forkboy84 posted:Oh good, one fewer Jr HW Title match on the calendar i feel like devitts last run had to be the fewest times the belt was defended in a calendar year being defended i think 3 times in all of 2013?
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Was there a reason they didn't pull the trigger on Devitt/Balor going up to heavyweight?
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Gaz-L posted:Was there a reason they didn't pull the trigger on Devitt/Balor going up to heavyweight? he was leaving and there was still a lot of hesitancy to push gaijin of any kind even if they came up through the dojo system after the damage lesnar had done. them letting karl anderson get to the G1 finals the prior year was the biggest olive branch toward gaijin wrestlers extended since the lesnar run
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https://twitter.com/THEdavidfinlay/status/1770985468043067615 Finlay seems to say Alex Coughlin is done.
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Super j cast are miserable oafs but they aren't without sources. They were suggesting that coughlin had some decisions to make on his health heavily implying retirement could be on the cards
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Dave suggesting Moxley should win the title and I'm like...they want to build up Business in Japan so why would they put it on a part timer
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By all means get the belt off Naito But for ZSJ or Tsuji or, idk, someone who’s gonna be there every show or at least conceivably could edit: Coughlin 
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mox as champ would be cool in a vacuum, he's v cool and over. i don't want to see it unless he could work more or less full time tho and lol that aint happening
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I just don't think they should take the title off naito right now. I think that would be foolish.
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Thauros posted:mox as champ would be cool in a vacuum, he's v cool and over. i don't want to see it unless he could work more or less full time tho and lol that aint happening alvarez implied mox aint gonna be in aew much this spring, i could see him winning it at windy city riot and dropping it at either dominion or door
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There's a lot of very legitimate and sensible reasons that Mox probably isn't going to win, and probably shouldn't win, the IWGP Title. However, there is a very compelling counter-argument to that which is that Mox is really loving cool. It's certainly a conundrum!
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They need someone who can move tickets in Japan and I'm not sure Mox is that. And Shooter beating Mox for the title would be a great story for overseas fans I think Shooter ending a long Naito reign would mean way more in Japan
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Moxley can win the Strong Openweight title, as a treat.
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SatoshiMiwa posted:They need someone who can move tickets in Japan and I'm not sure Mox is that. And Shooter beating Mox for the title would be a great story for overseas fans I think Shooter ending a long Naito reign would mean way more in Japan You're absolutely right and Shooter definitely makes more sense, and Tsuji also has a strong case to make. I can't deny that, you absolutely have me beaten on a sensible, reasonable and likely scenario. Moxley is REALLY loving cool though...
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if mox wins the big one njpw has been officially reduced to a feeder league
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There's certainly an argument to be made that this will be the perception. On the other hand, Moxley is REALLY loving cool...
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Mox doing a full tour would be neat, if only to show how much Shota has grown since he came back from excursion. Still, there's absolutely no chance the title changes on an American show at 9 in the morning
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Yeah, you're all right, he's not gonna win the title. It's just not going to happen. But what if it does, though?
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Burn Down Canberra posted:I just don't think they should take the title off naito right now. I think that would be foolish. this is probably true but on the other hand tsuji
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after learning some things i would put money down on mox dethroning naito in chicago.
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Moxley is going to become Bullet Club affiliated
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apophenium posted:Moxley is going to become Bullet Club affiliated Good to see House of Torture continue to grow. Soon every match on the show can feature at least one HoT guy, even with multiman tags. The New Japan Cup, & I'm only through the 2nd round, it hasn't been great. ZSJ vs Narita was infuriating. It got so close to good & then HoT poo poo happened. Sigh forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Mar 23, 2024 |
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The House Always Wins https://twitter.com/thesuperjcast/status/1771443858775085477
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MassRafTer posted:The House Always Wins Yeah I think as people have said their is a disconnect between Japanese fans and English on House of Torture. Like being at Wrestle Kingdom live and seeing the heat Evil got when he tried interrupt Naito's victory speech made me finally get HoT. Now do they need to mix things up and maybe stop the run ins on every match? Yeah...But it's an over act Also drat cool shirts too
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I don't think you can look too hard at the NOAH numbers, because while I think business isn't great, last January alone they did 8,400 in Yokohama for the Sting/Darby Allin/Mutoh vs AKIRA/Shinzaki/Marufuji show & 30,000 for the Mutoh retirement show
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forkboy84 posted:I don't think you can look too hard at the NOAH numbers, because while I think business isn't great, last January alone they did 8,400 in Yokohama for the Sting/Darby Allin/Mutoh vs AKIRA/Shinzaki/Marufuji show & 30,000 for the Mutoh retirement show If you told me they were in a dead heat with Stardom I would have said that is a good result for them at this point, and that's where they are.
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